Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only then did Fabia realise how much she had missed the dogs at home , and ‘ Hello , darling , ’ she crooned — and for her trouble had the dog whip round her and grip her ankle in its teeth . |
| 2 | Nine months later , in July 1991 , we facilitated a second self-evaluation process during which VHWs had the opportunity to evaluate the newly-developed health education programme at the well baby clinic of the health centre . |
| 3 | The only thing that stopped them cutting us to ribbons was that one of my friends had the gift of the gab and gradually defused the situation by talking good sense in a calm reasonable way ; finally he pointed out that we would all end up in the local police cells if anything happened anyway . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the system worked remarkably well , in large part because it was designed to ensure that each of its members had the information he needed to do his job . |
| 5 | It was as if , because she bore them so much love , the actions of her children had the power to anaesthetize some of her most cherished convictions . |
| 6 | I found myself alone with a man the skin of whose face had the texture of hide , tanned the colour of stout . |
| 7 | Baldwin then made no demur against the Chancellor 's recommendation ; there would have been a greater chance of his demurring had the decision gone the other way , not because of his views but because of his admiration and affection for Montagu Norman , the intellectually certain Governor of the Bank of England . |
| 8 | The captain of the St Louis , while distrustful of both local politicians and his own shipping line , was convinced at least of one thing : that if Cuba proved inaccessible , the United States , to which most of his passengers had the right of eventual entry , would surely accept them earlier than promised . |
| 9 | He took up the brass paper knife and with a turn of his wrist had the drawer open , his stay in prison had served some useful purpose . |
| 10 | But neither of his partners had the remotest idea of the existence of Levels Two and Three . |
| 11 | ‘ They will allow me to have a taste of what Ryan had the privilege of enjoying — albeit , ’ he added , smiling , ‘ with certain restrictions . |
| 12 | However , opinions of the other crews and skippers were not unanimously in favour , I think most of our chaps had the big cutter complex by then , so the idea was dropped and Gazelle was eventually sold . |
| 13 | At any rate , the night 's most repeatable joke concerned the three bairns talking in the playground about whose dad had the fastest job . |
| 14 | There was Britain — the country with which Iran had the longest association and with which many Iranians had an almost neurotic relationship . |
| 15 | The sons with their wives had the rooms , and the mother slept on a wide divan behind a curtain in a corner of the courtyard . |
| 16 | The national winner was Phil Shaw from Sheffield , who together with his wife had the opportunity of a lifetime to fly on Concorde . |
| 17 | The assault was stiffly resisted and at no time in their planning had the Germans calculated that the Belgians would do anything other than tamely submit . |
| 18 | Never in her life had the penguin heard so many words . |
| 19 | Di Leonardo looked flabbergasted , as though never before in his experience had the media failed to be satisfied by the reading of a prepared statement . |
| 20 | In what way had the gaunt man already earned his money ? |
| 21 | The daily rotation of the earth on its axis had the advantage that it eliminated the need for the huge outermost sphere to revolve every twenty-four hours . |
| 22 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
| 23 | By the time I walked across to him Stok had the glass in the drinking position . |